Top 70 Quotes by Harold Prince

About Harold Prince

These are some quotes by American author Harold Prince Producer, who was born on January 30, 1928.

You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

You think, 'Musicals, they must always be romantic' - You'd be surprised how few of them historically have ever been romantic.

Harold Prince

Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.

Lyrics can't do what they do - or should do - when you're creating a musical with rock lyrics. There's plenty of room for rock musicals, just not all rock musicals.

Harold Prince

I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.

I wouldn't be here if it weren't for 'Show Boat.' The kind of theater I chose to be involved in is completely a direct reflection of what 'Show Boat' made possible.

Harold Prince

I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any secret to my longevity, it's living in the future. And a little bit in the present.

I don't compare shows. It's very simple. I don't live in the past. If there's any secret to my longevity, it's living in the future. And a little bit in the present.

Harold Prince

When I started producing, it was George Abbott directing and he would let me do the scenery. He just wanted to know where the doors were - the entrances, the exits; the tables, the props - and then I would hire the designer. I took charge of the visuals - scenery and costumes and so on. And, the shows looked wonderful.

Harold Prince

We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

We've got to find a way to protect the process of making musical theater.

Harold Prince

There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.

There have always been revivals. Some have always been successful. And many of them have failed.

Harold Prince

When I was a 25-year-old kid, I raised $260,000 for my first show, 'The Pajama Game,' in such a homemade, pathetic, endearing way - a buck here, a buck there.

When I was a 25-year-old kid, I raised $260,000 for my first show, 'The Pajama Game,' in such a homemade, pathetic, endearing way - a buck here, a buck there.

Harold Prince

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.

Audiences are quite happy to be astonished, and they don't care who does that astonishing.

Harold Prince

I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

I always had a good time in theatre, even when shows don't turn out as well as I'd like.

Harold Prince

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